By day, he was your average teenager in geeky glasses and by night, he was SooperDee - fighter of crime and upholder of justice. Like all superheroes, SooperDee had his own set of super powers. He could lift small objects, swim real fast and flick his tail in an enticing manner - which always caused the merchicks to get weak in their knees.

This story begins one fine day when SooperDee was out with the other merboys sitting atop the rock to watch the merchicks go by. He would wait on this rock every day after school until Muriel arrived. Muriel, daughter to King Neptune, was not the fairest of the merchicks, which explains why SooperDee had fallen deeply in love with her younger sister, Ariel.

Now, SooperDee had worked up a deal with Muriel. In exchange for a pebble, she’d tell him something new about Ariel every day. “She likes listening to the Beatles,” Muriel had remarked the day before. And SooperDee had spent the whole day humming, Yellow submarine. After it became annoyingly repetitive he had switched to Lovely Rita.

Today, SooperDee again found himself trading a shiny pebble for another tidbit about Ariel. “She loves coconuts,” said Muriel. “What in the world is a coconut?” wondered SooperDee, but he was out of pebbles and Muriel would tell no more. “Oh well,” thought SooperDee, “Perhaps Kitty Kaht the fortune un-teller would know about such things.”

“Peanuts,” said Kitty while staring into the crystal ball and simultaneously gyrating to Stereophonics. “Er no, Coco-nuts,” corrected SooperDee. “I meant,” Kitty replied, “Pass me the peanuts.” “Oh,” said SooperDee and handed her a bowl of peanuts.

“I see a little merchild. Boy, you sure were cute as a kid!” said Kitty. “Well,” blushed SooperDee, “I still am.” “Of course Dahling,” said Kitty and rolled her eyes, “Okay, about the coconut - It’s big, it’s green and it’s found on trees.”

“Wew, those trees sure are tall. And the coconut is waaay up there,” thought SooperDee from the shallow waters, “I wonder how I’ll get to it”. And SooperDee swam towards the tree. Just as he reached the tree, a coconut fell on his head and knocked him out.

Meanwhile, the author of this little tale got distracted and lost his train of thought. He decided to skip directly to the part where SooperDee and Ariel get married and live happily ever after.

Moral - If you get too close to a tree, the coconut is bound to fall on your head.